Greetings From Taiwan
I'd like to invite you to pray for the victims of the Earthquake in China and consider a fundraiser for any repuable organization that is able to give aid. Mother Earth can be cruel and unyielding...
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bethshaw on 2008-05-17 09:50:38 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 26 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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My travels - La Tortuga Feliz (take 2!)
So we get there and its amazing but then they tell us we have to do a volunteer shift that night and in our ignorance we dont know what to expect! Mine was at 12 with 2 Dutch volunteers that were...
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sarahwaterfield on 2008-05-16 20:35:51 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 10 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Mt travel diary- La Tortuga Feliz
So we left San Jose and jumped on a bus to Bataan, and were met there by a guy from wales! Bataan is a little almost frontier town next to the canals which form islands with the sea on the...
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sarahwaterfield on 2008-05-15 13:15:14 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 26 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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If you miss my smilin' face...
I was told my pics are nice but that I should be in some. I agree, but it's hard to take a pic with myself in it when I'm by myself! So if you miss my smilin' face, this is the best I can...
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Posted by:
LauraMiller722 on 2008-05-14 09:19:13 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 39 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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Shanghai
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sunglasses
On the road again
Panic, sadness, excitement, disorganisation, frustration and myriad other emotions are going through our heads right now.
Not much time to write as busy cleaning.
The path that goes...
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ollyoverlandandsea on 2008-05-09 05:10:13 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 29 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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out from the cold ,off to the warmth
I am like a kid in a candy shop, in three weeks time I am off to Costa Rica to hook up with my friend, Jose! I had the fortune to meet Jose in Bahia De Caraquez, Ecuador in the spring of 2007....
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boval4466 on 2008-05-07 20:00:11 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 30 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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Historic O'Keefe Ranch, Vernon BC Canada
Fun for the whole family!
The O'Keefe Ranch was established in 1867 and operated by the O'Keefe family for the next 110 years. In its earliest days, the ranch was at the end of the...
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syow on 2008-05-07 14:39:02 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 21 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Vernon
British Columbia
Attractions
Historic
Still In the States
My boss Sherrie suggested I keep a blog while I'm in Italy, & I think that's a fabulous idea. Just as long as she doesn't judge my syntax, we'll be okay:)
I leave in 16 days...so soon!...
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KellieKathleen on 2008-05-06 11:36:22 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 19 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Ni hao!
I've made it through my first and second day of work at SBB Shanghai. The office is a 15-min taxi ride away from my hotel, or about a 45-60min walk, as I found out last night. The taxi ride costs a...
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LauraMiller722 on 2008-05-06 09:06:10 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 55 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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Shanghai
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Pickpockets, be on the save side traveling
Watch out for pickpockets! Tips for travelers
Sightseeing in some cities can be a very expensive experience. More, when you allow pickpockets to steal some or all of your valuables. The...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-05 06:56:55 Average Rating:  | Views: 62 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Hitler wine in Italy
Walked down the street in Rimini at the Italian Adria coast and standing outside a shop selling different goods, I saw the shelf with red wine, including a bottle showing Adolf Hitler and the...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-04 11:12:00 Average Rating:  | Views: 96 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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opb
Budget travel Italy, how to save money.
Budget travel in Italy
Italy is one of the most popular destinations for backpacker, due to its history, artworks and architecture. It is also a country, where budget travelers have to...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-04 06:26:08 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 30 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Desmond Hume - Desmond Miles
Just a coincidence I found.
In Lost (TV series) a character called Desmond Hume somehow can jump his mind back and forth in time.
We don't know how this happens, only know that he was exposed...
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Muddd on 2008-05-03 22:06:07 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 26 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Desmond Miles
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Miles
Welcome to Shanghai
I have arrived in Shanghai.
This has been a surreal experience thus far! I didn't start to panic until I was walking onto the plane to go to Shanghai. Then it hit me! So I had 14 hours to...
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LauraMiller722 on 2008-05-02 22:55:55 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 138 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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China
Shanghai
Traveling and taking photos? Make money with them!
I really would like to know, how many travelers take breath taking photos during their trips and they don't know that you can make money with them.
Of course, it requires some work and time...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-02 13:01:33 Average Rating:  | Views: 117 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
budget travel
Europe
France
Italy
Spain
Traveling Europe with Laptop, where wifi?!
Traveling with a laptop is not easy. First, it is big and heavy, so you have to carry more weight. And, it is not always sure that the place you stay will have wifi so you can connect to the...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-02 12:31:14 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 32 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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Wifi
wlan
Free wifi
travel
Florence Hostel
Upon arrival at the Ostello Gallo D’Oro the traveler feels welcome. No rush at the check in and you are greeted with a small bottle of water or a cup of coffee, guess depending how tired you...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-02 12:19:08 Average Rating:  | Views: 25 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
Florence
Hostel
Youth Hostel
Italy
Europe
Tourist rip-off Italy
Rip-off Italy
After I read the article in the newspaper about those Japanese tourists calling the police in a Pisa restaurant because they were charged 260€ for some pasta, I visited Pisa...
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backpackernews on 2008-05-02 11:44:27 Average Rating:  | Views: 94 | # Comments: 3 | Tags:
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Italy
Pisa
Europe
backpackernews
Travel in China
what a colorful day!
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redskyday on 2008-05-02 10:33:48 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 18 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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the other gil
if anyone has ever read the other boleyn girl, they will know one sister gets ousted by the other..tonight me and alice went to the pub and it was werid, as soon as we left she was like when we get...
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jo87 on 2008-05-01 17:27:46 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 34 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Article by Rick Steves about budget traveling on t
(Tribune Media Services) -- Just when I was getting used to the idea that a euro should cost $1.20, our dollar plummets 20 percent, and now a euro costs $1.50. Don't expect our dollar to recover...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 15:42:21 Average Rating:  | Views: 53 | # Comments: 1 | Tags:
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europe
italy
My travel diaries - San Jose
Dear all,
I´m now in not exactly sunny but pleasantly warm Costa Rica with Livvie . The flight was fine except that i had not engaged my brain and realised how long it would be...
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sarahwaterfield on 2008-04-30 09:41:44 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 37 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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costa rica
Article about Lonely Planet, found in the IHT
The following article about a cheeding writer who is working for Lonely Planet was found in the International Herald Tribune
An author for the Lonely Planet travel guidebook series has claimed...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 09:38:45 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 27 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Rude Hostel, polite Traveler, new Friend
Rude Hostel, polite Traveler, new Friend
Did it happen to you that you booked a 6 bed dorm at a hostel in a major city and payed a bit more just to avoid staying in a 10 or even 12 bed...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 07:21:22 Average Rating: No Rating | Views: 26 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
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Hostel
BPN
Backpackernews
Pasta for 260 Euro
Pasta for 260 Euro
Just came the news.
8 Japanese tourists had each one plate of pasta and one soda, the owner of the restaurant in Pisa/Italy charged them 260 Euro (about 406$US). The...
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backpackernews on 2008-04-30 06:56:43 Average Rating:  | Views: 29 | # Comments: 0 | Tags:
Pisa
Italy
Backpacking
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Hostel
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